Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| win / Does / Kevin / ? / always |
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| some help with the homework / They / usually / need |
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| in blue / She / very often / dresses |
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| three times a week / go / I / to the gym |
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| listen / can / never / They |
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| have to go / shopping / I / day in, day out |
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| go on holiday / almost never / My parents |
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| have lunch / at home? / you / usually / Do |
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| oranges / eat / I / hardly ever |
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| get up / at 8 a.m. / I / always |
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| go / do / How / often / you / to the disco? |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / listens / She / when you talk to her |
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| You / find / never / your car keys / can |
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| very often / to help me / come / My parents |
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| I / know / never / what to say |
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| you / every day / ? / go / to the gym / Do |
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| usually / I / to the hairdresser's / go / once a month |
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| go / usually / to the dentist / I / once a year |
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| I / always / dress / Can / in green? |
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| will / if you need it / help you / Tom / rarely |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| often / late / is / John |
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| always / She / is / asking me questions |
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| every other day / soup / have / We |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end) |
| for dinner / Mike / often / eats / pizza |
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| need / I travel a lot. I / some petrol / every other day. |
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| My car / several times a year / breaks down |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| Yesterday, / phoned / me / twice / she |
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| very tired / in the mornings. / am / usually / Something is the matter with me. I |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| you / feel tired? / Do / often |
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| it / I / saw / five times |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
